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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Trade Unions (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 541 and 542 together. Special leave with pay is currently used in lieu of sick leave for COVID-19 across the public service to assist in the prevention of the possible onward spread of COVID-19 in the work premises. The arrangements relating to the application of special leave with pay for COVID-19 is a temporary measure which has been kept under regular...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: The Office of Government Procurement is currently considering its future strategy in relation to the procurement of cloud services.  Consultants were engaged to assist with the demand analysis for such services. The demand analysis is one of the many inputs that OGP is currently considering.  Any potential procurement arrangements for cloud services will be conducted through a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are currently no staff of my Department, including the Office of Government Procurement, on secondment to the public, private or semi-private sector on the specific basis set out in the question. There are 18 staff of my Department that are seconded out to the Civil or Public Service.  Of these 18 staff members, the salaries of 16 are...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: In conjunction with FastTrack into Information Technology (FIT) and the City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB), my Department led the establishment of a two year, full-time Pilot ICT Apprenticeship Programme for the Civil Service that ran from 2019 to 2021.  This saw the recruitment of 34 ICT apprentices across 11 Civil Service organisations, including six employed in my...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that based on the Civil Service 37 hour standard net working week, there are no staff in my Department, including the Office of Government Procurement, that earn less than €12.30 per hour.  This is also the position with regard to the National Shared Services Office, the Public Appointments Service, the State Laboratory, the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Transport Costs (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: It is established policy that travel for work in the civil and public service should, where possible, be by public transport.  Where this is not possible, mileage payments may be made and mileage arrangements are designed to recoup travelling officers for expenses genuinely incurred in respect of work related travel and should not be viewed as a source of emolument or profit....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Energy Usage (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: My Department works to reduce its carbon footprint primarily through the Public Sector Energy Efficiency Strategy.  The Department's performance in that regard is reflected in the 2021 Annual Report on Public Sector Energy Efficiency Performance, prepared by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).  This sets out details of the energy...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: The Finance Act 2020 legislated for a schedule of annual carbon tax increases over the period 2021 – 2030. All revenues resulting from the increases in carbon tax will be allocated in line with the commitment in the Programme for Government to use the revenue raised from these increases to fund €9.5bn in additional spending.  - €5bn of the expected €9.5bn in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: The Programme for Government commits to hypothecating all additional carbon tax receipts over 2021-2030 (estimated at €9.5bn) in order to: - Ensure that the increases in the carbon tax are progressive by spending €3 billion on targeted social welfare and other initiatives to prevent fuel poverty and ensure a just transition; - Provide €5 billion to part fund a socially...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: The details requested by the Deputy on salaries and expenses paid in respect of advisers, Ministers and Ministers of State in my Department in 2020, 2021 and 2022 are set out in the tables below. The Deputy is aware that there was a change of government in 2020. The 2020 figures below are inclusive of the former and current government. Minister Salary Expenses...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: My Department publishes the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies. The Code provides a broad framework for the application of best practice in corporate governance. The Code applies to both commercial and non-commercial State bodies. The Code itself notes that it should be read in accordance with any specific legislative provisions that govern specific state bodies, and that in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are currently 17 staff members seconded into my Department from the civil and public sector, and 18 staff members from my Department seconded out to the civil and public service.  The Office of Government Procurement (OGP), which is under the remit of my Department currently have no staff members seconded to them from the Public Sector, and have 2...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 555, 556, 557 and 558 together. The Secondment Policy, and associated Guidelines and FAQs, published by my Department last year formalised an approach to secondments within the Civil Service, recognising that a number of administrative arrangements had evolved across the Civil Service over time. A copy of the Civil Service Secondment Policy Circular Letter...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: Section 4(1) of the Public Service Management Act 1997 empowers the Secretary General of a Department, by way of a Framework of Assignments, to formally assign or reassign to other officers of their Department (or grade or grades of officer) responsibility for the performance of certain of his or her functions. There is no Second Secretary post in the Department of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department actively participates in internship programmes and currently accepts six interns on an annual basis. These internships are designed to provide the successful candidates with the opportunity to gain practical experience in a Government Department. The interns currently placed in my Department are paid €485.60 per week, which is the first...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that currently there are 17 staff of my Department that are seconded to it from the Civil or Public Service and there are 18 staff of my Department that are seconded out to the Civil or Public Service.  Of these 18 staff members, the salaries of 16 are paid directly by the host organisations.  While the salaries of the remaining 2 staff members are still...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Health Services Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 563, 565, 566, 571, 573 and 574 together. Special leave with pay is currently used in lieu of sick leave for COVID-19 across the public service to assist in the prevention of the possible onward spread of COVID-19 in the work premises. The arrangements relating to the application of special leave with pay for COVID-19 is a temporary measure which has been kept...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: The following rates are payable to former civil and public servants who serve on Interview/Selection Boards in the Public Appointments Service and throughout the civil and pubic service.   Retired Civil Servants (on pension): Grade Amount Secretary General €377 Deputy Secretary €295 Assistant...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: Since 2017, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has allocated a total of €25,000 to Mayo County Council.  The allocation was an award from the Public Service Innovation Fund (PSIF) after a competitive process.  The allocation was fully drawn down and spent in a single allocation in 2019. The PSIF funding to Mayo County Council was for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that no staff of my Department, including the Office of Government Procurement, were on a secondment of the nature set out in the question during the period specified.